Wednesday, July 09, 2008

DearLISTENERS & READERS,DearMYRTLE’s Family History Hour 8 June 2008 genealogy podcast is available for listening via computer or transferred to any .mp3 player if you choose to download the file. An alternative would be to download the file automatically via iTunes. You don’t need an iPod to listen. For a complete list of current DearMYRTLE podcasts visit: http://podcasts.dearmyrtle.com.

The Last Muster - Men & women of the American Revolution who lived into the dawn of photo technology.

Elizabeth Powel Crowe, author of Genealogy Online 8th edition. Her Crowe's Nest blog is at www.epcrowe.com. Elizabeth explains that writing effective genealogical queries can mean the difference between making a cousin connection or not. Since others may have gone down this research path before, it is a good idea to share information back and forth. That person may have inherited the family bible, and you may have the only surviving tin-type of your mutual 2nd great-grandmother. (This segment begins 47 minutes into the podcast.)

MightyMouse TOUR This segment begins 57 seconds into the podcast and includes a synopsis of the more detailed entries inDearMYRTLE's Best of the Internet for Genealogists 6 July 2008 as follows:

COMMENTARY: Ol' Myrt commiserated with Craig Manson who wrote SCGS Jamboree: Why Live Blogging Didn't Work for Me. It seems that hotels are attempting to make their room rates appear the same as 3 years ago by no longer including free internet access. At the 2008 NGS Conference in Kansas City, I was also forced to pay $9.95 per day for internet access in my room only to discover it was an unsecure connection. I couldn't use this access in the conference classrooms or exhibit hall where conference coordinators were charged even more by the hotel for internet access. Some were able to connect in the lobby of the hotel at no cost. But since Ol' Myrt tends to read her email and blog in pajamas & fluffy slippers, the lobby wasn't an option at 3am. $9.95 per day is an outrageous amount to spend for a 5 day conference, plus a day or two tacked on to each side for arrival and departure. What a racket. I think this will force people get a USB or PCMCIA laptop card and ante up about $60 amonth for a mobile internet connection service.

OK, the "Pink Yarn Theory of Throwing Things Out" reflects the fact that after you finally throw out that 1/2 skein of pink yarn, kept for ten years since the last child or grandchild used some to make a Valentine -- you are SURE to need that exact pink yarn within the next two weeks. This theory is akin to every genealogist's code "When in doubt, keep it."

I Have A Song For You Set from BriteMusic.com. Brite Music has great kids' music, songs & activity books. The music is also available in .mp3 format for your iPod. During the podcast you'll hear "I love my Grandpa-pa". Ol' Myrt here particularly likes "I know my number, my telephone number" from the Safety Kids CD.